Stefan Dab-Biernacki

Stefan Dab-Biernacki (7 January 1890-9 February 1959) was a General of the Polish Army during World War II.

Biography
Stefan Dab-Biernacki was born on 7 January 1890 in Gnojno, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. Dab-Biernacki served in the Polish Legion during World War I and became an officer in the Polish Army after Poland gained independence in 1918, distinguishing himself during the fighting with Ukraine and the Bolsheviks. In 1939, he became commander of the Prusy Army in West Prussia, and he fled to Hungary and then to France after the Battle of Tomaszow Lubelski. He was imprisoned by the Allied Powers in London, England, but he was allowed to leave for the Irish Free State. He died in London, England in 1959 at the age of 69.